Eying a possible alliance with the opposition for upcoming assembly elections in Bihar, AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi took a dig at Mahagathbandhan, saying that the they (Mahagathbandhan) should not cry after the elections by saying “Mummy, they stole our chocolate.”
While talking to NDTV, Owaisi responded to a question over a possible alliance of his party with the Mahagathbandhan led by the RJD and Congress.
‘No one should cry after the polls’
“Our state party chief, Akhtarul Imam, is trying. And I have asked him to try his best. No one should cry after the election, ‘Mummy, mummy, they have stolen your chocolate’,” NDTV quoted Owaisi as saying.
A few days ago, Owaisi accused the Election Commission of secretly implementing the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Bihar ahead of the upcoming state elections.
Owaisi warned that this could stop many rightful Indian citizens from voting and harm public trust in the Election Commission ahead of elections.
He said the new rules ask people to prove their own and their parents’ birth details through documents, which many poor citizens, especially in flood-hit Seemanchal, do not have.
‘Election Commission is conducting NRC’
In a post on X, Asaduddin Owaisi wrote, “The Election Commission is conducting NRC in Bihar through the backdoor. To be enrolled in the voter roll, every citizen will now have to show documents not only proving when and where they were born, but also when and where their parents were born. Even the best estimates state that only three-fourths of births are registered. Most government documents are riddled with errors. People in the flood-prone Seemanchal region are among the poorest; they can barely afford two meals a day. To expect them to possess their parents’ documents is a cruel joke.”
The Election Commission is conducting NRC in Bihar through the backdoor. To be enrolled in the voter roll, every citizen will now have to show documents not only proving when and where they were born, but also when and where their parents were born. Even the best estimates state…
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) June 27, 2025
He added that the Supreme Court had raised strict questions about such processes back in 1995.
“The result of this exercise will be that a large number of Bihar’s poor will be removed from the electoral roll. Being enrolled in the electoral roll is a constitutional right of every Indian. The Supreme Court had raised serious concerns about such arbitrary procedures as far back as 1995. Initiating such action so close to elections will only weaken people’s faith in the Election Commission,” the post reads.
